The fire, which started late on Thursday night, was extinguished, with the flames contained to just one ward.
Over the weekend, a firefighter from the Overberg district died while battling a wildfire in Barrydale.
The Western Cape Local Government and Environmental Affairs Department said that Eskom's announcement of stage 4 loadshedding was a bitter blow to the province's economy that's just starting to pick up from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Thirteen of the country's 20 municipalities to have received clean audits are in the Western Cape.
This follows a High Court ruling in favour of local government MEC Anton Bredell in a case brought by the Bitou council.
